Hand-operated tying device



Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES lPATlazNTO1=F1c1a"..

GEORGE A. sfrRAwsnR7 or LIVERPOOL, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNOR OP ONE-HALE rro DANIEL w. GOODLING, lor RIOHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

. HAND-OPERATED'TYING DEVICE.

Application led April V25,

This invention has reference to a device designed for tying knots, the primary obJect of the invention being to providean implement whereby a knot may be readily and easily tied in the binding cord or string used in binding` bundles of fodder, corn, wheat or the like, thereby relieving the hands of the opera-tor of undue strain. u

Another object of the invention 1s to provide a device of this character so constructed that it may be readily and easily Operated 1n the formation of the knot and one which will not require exceptional skill in the operation thereof.

further object of the invention is to provide a device that will tie a knot which may be opened by pulling one end of the cord, 1t being unnecessary to work the end of the cord through the loop by hand to separate the cord from its bundle.

W ith the foregoing and other Objectsm view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the'invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring` to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating tl e manner of using'theldevice. n

Figure 2 is a perspective v1ew illustrating the position of 'the device after the initial movement of the device iu tying a knot.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the device.

Figure e is a bottom plan View thereof.

Figure 5 is a View of the device after 1t has been twisted during the next step in the tying of a knot.

Figure 6 illustrates the position of the dcvice after the tina-l step in the tying of the knot. f

ldt-iferring to the drawings in detail, the device embodies a length of wire .material bent to provide a loop 5 detining a hand piece by means of which the device may be held by the operator. In forming the loop the length of wire is bent at a point adjacent tothe end thereof leaving a substantially long section 1928. Serial No. 272,712.

that extends outwardly from the loop portion 5V defining an arm 6.

The length of wire is also extended rearwardly to provide an arm 7 disposed in parallel spaced relation with the arm 6, the intermediate portion .being formed into an outwardly extended hook 8, which is also in the form of a loop. The inner extremity of the arm 7 is extended towards the center of the handle section 5, from where the length of wire extends forwardly between the arms 6 and 7, the free end thereof being curved to provide a loop 9 having its extremity bent upwardly to provide a hook 10, the portion 9 as well asthe hook 10 being spaced from the hook 81.

The arms 6 and 7 are held together by means of. the loop 11 formed at oneend of the length of wire material, which, as shown 1s pressed against the arms 6 and 7. In the use of the device the tie cord usually employed in tying bundles of corn or fodder is formed with a loop 12 at one of its ends, and 'the device is held in the right handofthe operator, the hook portions 8 and 9 extending upwardly. The loop 12 is held by the four lingers of the right hand', in a manner as shown by Figure 1 of the drawings, and the tie cord is carried around the bundle and looped around the hook portions 8 and .9, in

a manner as shown by Figure 1.

The loop yof the tiecord .held between the lingers of the'operator is now released and the cord is drawn tightly by pulling the free end thereof with the left hand -t follows that the cord is now in a position'as shown by full lines in Figure 1. 'Y

Vith the ycord and tying device in the position as shown by Figure 1, the device is twistedin al horizontal plane and ina clockwise. direction which causes the hook member to catch under lthe uppermost loop of the tie cord and draw the loop through the loop 12, thedevice being in a position as shown by Figure 5, whereupon the free end of the tie cord is hooked'under the hook 10 and the device is moved downwardly, the hooks 8 and 9 passing throughthe loop, to a position as shown by Figure 6, whereupon the knot is dra-wn tightly.

l/Vhile I have shown and described the preferred form of the device, it is to be under-v stood that the device may be constructed in various other Ways Within the scope of the invention.

I claim: Y

1. A knot tying implementincluding a length ofI Wire material bent to provide a handle portion and a hook member, Vsaid length of Wire material being extended rearwardly and secured adjacent to the handle and extended forwardly beyond the 'hook member and the vend of the length of Wire material 'extending laterally in spaced relation with the vhook to engage `the cord Vbe4 ing tied, in the tying of a knot.

the length of Wire extending adjacent to the handle and 'passing between the spaced members terminating in a hook disposed 1n parallel relation With the irst mentioned hook to engage a cord to tie a knot.

vIn `testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlXed my signature.

GEORGE A. STRAl/VSER. 

